More in Alexander Ovechkin
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More Than Just a Face in the Crowd
by Jas Faulkner, senior correspondent author’s note: Stick taps to Andrea Lindgren and Phyl Good for catching that Ryan Kesler is actually American by birth (a Canuck by the grace...
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Under-performing superstars cost Boudreau and Maurice their jobs
Bruce Boudreau and Paul Maurice were both fired today, by the Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes respectively, as both franchises attempt turn around their seasons. The timing of these firings...
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Flyers Lack Discipline, Fall to Capitals 5-2
In the most anticipated game of the young season for the Flyers, they started off with a really nice effort against the 5-0-0 (now 6-0-0) Washington Capitals. The exception to...
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2011/2012 NHL Season Predictions: Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference // Western Conference With most teams kicking off training camp this week, preseason hockey right around the corner and puck drop slightly less than a month away, you...
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Prospect Profile: Washington Capitals’ Stanislav Galiev
After the final whistle had blown, with the family and friends of his Saint John Sea Dogs teammates mulling around on the ice congratulating the 2011 Memorial Cup champions, Stanislav...
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From Abdelkader to Zuccarello – 17 March 2011
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 Carolina Hurricanes 1 Putting 37 shots on goal was not enough for the Hurricanes last night. It looked good for Carolina as Chad LaRose opened up...
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From Abdelkader to Zuccarello – 31 Jan 2011
Welcome to the post-All-Star Weekend hangover. As we all head back to work the media and players start their return home to prepare for the start of long road to...
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Okposo Set To Make Season Debut
Kyle Okposo will make his season debut with the New York Islanders tomorrow night against Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals
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A New Year’s Ramble: The Isles In 2011
The Islanders started off the New Year on the right foot with a 4-3 OT victory over the Western Conference leading Detroit Red Wings
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Bill Guerin Talks Retiring as a Penguin, Malkin in his Office, and a Heinz Field Preview
Lindsay Applebaum at the Washington Post says this is the official NHL rendering of the Winter Classic at Heinz Field that will be released later today. Unless this photo passed...
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Canadiens PK Subban Stirs the Pot in Montreal
If there wasn’t at least one controversial issue to face the Canadiens’ storied franchise, it just wouldn’t be hockey in Montreal. For the past couple of years, discussions...
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Are the Boston Bruins Overrated?
By Mike Miccoli, Boston Bruins correspondent
You’re probably familiar with this particular ad campaign for the NHL. You know the commercials: one has Ryan Miller working on his hand-eye coordination with a tennis ball while another has Alexander Ovechkin training extensively with ropes, just for example. In a voiceover, two mock NHL announcers talk about the respective teams’ strengths and weaknesses for the upcoming season before a climatic tagline of “Questions Will Become Answers” ends the clip abruptly.
For the past four or five Boston Bruins games, this is all I could think about.